The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

SNP MP Lara Bird interview

The MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry talks Westminster, Burnham, Palestine and independence.

Elected in June, Lara also talks about her experience so far with online hate and being a young woman in frontline politics.

Listen to our featured interview as her SNP colleagues meet in Aberdeen for annual conference.

New Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra is a few weeks into the top job.

He's made it through his first encounters at First Minister's Questions, and he's given his first set-piece speech to UK Labour conference.

How is the man who once told Andy Burnham to "shut up" doing in the new role?

We caught up with him after making it through the party's conference in Liverpool.

The team reassembles for a summer catch-up just as we get a brand new prime minister.

Is this a democrat outrage or actually what the UK needs?

What does it mean for Scotland and Holyrood?

And what early signs can we see on what Andy Burnham will actually do in office?

Were you paying attention during the Scottish election?

Do you have the brains to take on the toughest test in hyper-niche political questioning?

Then you should play along with our traditional end of term Stooshie quiz.

There is no prize other than personal glory. Enjoy.

Sir Keir Starmer has resigned.

Yet more cuts at Dundee University mean lots more job losses.

The team assesses what’s gone wrong and digs into the political backlash.

It’s also the week of three big UK by-elections, including two covering Dundee and Aberdeen.

We spoke to voters in Aberdeen South for their views.

Six party candidates join the Stooshie to go over the priorities for the key by-election, being held on June 18.

Join us for a 90-minute special edition with candidates from the Conservatives, SNP, Reform, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Green party.

Plans to build a huge new AI data centre near a Fife village have proven divisive.

Politicians in London and Edinburgh are under pressure to listen to rural island voices and build better connections under the sea.

We spoke to an engineer who builds tunnels around the world – but not our own islands.

Andy Sloan has been talking to Westminster and Holyrood recently, and says infrastructure upgrades on that scale are a reality – it just needs political ‘champions’.

The former first minister is our special guest on the podcast this week.

Mr Yousaf spoke candidly about Peter Murrell’s embezzlement conviction and the SNP campervan controversy.

He also opens up about his in-laws being trapped in Gaza in late 2023 and gives his thoughts on the rise of Reform UK at the Holyrood election.